Heliopolis

Not to be confused with helepolis.

Heliopolis (Greek for "Sun City") usually refers to one of two ancient cities:

• Heliopolis, the modern Ayn Shams, Egypt (also known as Heliopolis in Augustamnica)
• Heliopolis, the modern Baalbek, Lebanon (also known as Heliopolis in Phoenice)

Heliopolis may also refer to:

Places

• Heliopolis, Cairo, a suburb or district of Cairo, Egypt
  • Heliopolis University in Cairo
  • New Heliopolis
• Heliopolis (Athens suburb) or Ilioupoli, the suburb of Athens, Greece
• Heliópolis, the largest favela of São Paulo City, Brazil
• Heliópolis, Bahia, a municipality in Bahia, Brazil
• Héliopolis, Algeria, a town and commune in Algeria
• Héliopolis, France, a town in France situated on the Île du Levant
• Heliópolis, Seville, neighbourhood in Seville, Spain

Fictional

• Heliopolis, a fictitious colony and territory in the anime Gundam Seed
• Heliopolis, a fictitious location in Marvel comics
• Heliopolis, a fictitious planet in the Stargate SG-1 episode "The Torment of Tantalus"

Literature

• Heliopolis (Jünger novel), a 1949 novel by Ernst Jünger
• Heliopolis (Scudamore novel), a 2009 novel by James Scudamore

Music

• Heliopolis (band), a band
• Heliopolis (album), a 2006 album by the Swedish artist Filteria
• "Heliopolis", a song off the Morning Dance album by Spyro Gyra
• "Heliopolis", a song off the Reign of Light album by Samael
• "Heliopolis", a song off the Maya album by Banco de Gaia
• "Heliopolis", a song by Franz Schubert
• "Heliopolis", a song off the Phoenix album by Agathodaimon

Others

• Heliopolis style, the architectural style of the modern Heliopolis Cairo suburb
• Heliopolis (film), a 2009 musical docudrama film by Ahmad Abdalla
• Heliopolis (horse), a British thoroughbred racehorse

See also

• Ennead of Heliopolis
• Heliopolitan Triad
• Heliopolitan gods in comics
• Sun City (disambiguation)
• City of the Sun (disambiguation)
• Helios (disambiguation)